27 people were killed in Taliban attacks across Kabul Tuesday, including 15 attackers. As in the June attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, NATO said today's events were a Taliban attempt to derail the handover of security to Afghan forces. That attack continued...
Pentagon Blames Haqqanis for Afghan Base Bombing
Pentagon Blames Haqqanis for Afghan Base Bombing | Insists blowing up base ‘totally unacceptable behavior’
US-Supported Afghan Militias Commit Widespread Human Rights Abuses
US-supported Afghan militias are committing widespread human rights abuses, but neither Washington or Kabul are holding them accountable or changing policy in light of the crimes, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. The report "documents serious abuses, such...
A Look Back: Taliban Offered Bin Laden Trial Before 9/11
A Look Back: Taliban Offered Bin Laden Trial Before 9/11
Five Killed, 108 Wounded in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan
Five Killed, 108 Wounded in Attack on US Base in Afghanistan | 77 US soldiers among the wounded
US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014
US Soldiers See Afghan War Continuing Long Past 2014 | Ten years in, is war closer to end or beginning?
‘Civilian Surge’ in Afghanistan: $1.7 Billion and Growing
‘Civilian Surge’ in Afghanistan: $1.7 Billion and Growing | Each civilian employee costs $500,000 per year
NATO Admits Killing BBC Journalist
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has admitted killing BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak in July. Khpulwak was one of 19 people killed when US-NATO forces battled insurgents in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan...
Afghan Officials Reject UN Report Exposing Torture
An as yet unpublished United Nations report criticizes the US-supported Afghan government for torturing detained prisoners with beatings, sexual assault, and electric shock treatment. The report recommends NATO to suspend prisoner transfers to some detention...
NATO Ends Detainee Transfers to Afghan Govt Over Torture Evidence
NATO Ends Detainee Transfers to Afghan Govt Over Torture Evidence | UN investigation reveals ‘systematic torture’


